Teenage Girl Goes Viral After Facing Off With Basketball Player Jahmani Swanson

"Jahmani, the guy who broke my ankles, was really nice about it."

Yesterday, Gillian Jordan was just like any other 15-year-old teenager, but today, she's become a viral sensation.

Gillian took to Twitter last night to share a video of her encounter in New York City with basketball player Jahmani Swanson. Swanson, who has been dubbed "the Michael Jordan of dwarf basketball," is only 4 feet 5 inches tall, but he is a fierce athlete with some serious moves – as Gillian learned yesterday afternoon.

In the video, we see Swanson approach Gillian and immediately start dribbling the ball around her. Gillian tries to defend against him, but he is way too fast, and she falls down in the middle of the street. Swanson runs away in victory, while the people around her look on in shock. And, well, laughter. Luckily, Gillian's cousin, Matthew Geissler, caught evidence of the whole thing on Gillian's phone.

Gillian captioned the video by writing, "My ankles were destroyed." She tweeted the video last night (December 27) a little before 8:00 p.m. At the time of writing, it has gained over 15,000 retweets and over 18,000 likes.

The encounter was also captured by Whistle Sports, as they filmed Swanson facing off against New Yorkers in bball throughout the entire day, and Swanson posted the same video to his own Instagram account.

Gillian Jordan: We were in Madison Square Park eating pizza from a market called Eataly when we saw Jahmani Swanson dribbling and crossing people up. A man [with Whistle Sports] was recording it. My cousins and I approached him, and he asked if we wanted to be in a video. They told us to go on the other side of 23rd Street and go on the cross walk. Jahmani came up to me and crossed me up. I was trying to defend him and I accidentally slipped onto the street.

TV: How did the people around you react?

GJ: There were cars honking at us and looking at us like we were crazy because I had just fallen on the street. A lady next to me ran over with a kid in her arms and asked me if I was okay. The other people on the crosswalk and surrounding areas were laughing.

TV: And what was your reaction?

GJ: I was laughing as well. I didn't expect to fall or have Jahmani break my ankles like that.

TV: What has the response been like online?

GJ: I posted the video on Twitter last night and thought I'd get a few retweets. When I woke up this morning, I had about 3,000 retweets and about 4,000 likes. I had a few DMs from accounts asking to post it, like ESPN and NBC Sports. About an hour later, I had all my friends tagging me in accounts, saying that they posted the video. As of right now, my Twitter is still blowing up.

TV: How does it feel to go viral?

GJ: I think this whole thing is really cool and I'd never expect it to happen to me. It's quite awesome, and I'm glad everyone finds it funny. My mom was on Facebook this morning and saw the video posted, and it had over 2 million views! But Jahmani, the guy who broke my ankles, was really nice about it.